Heard on NPR: Cherie Yecke to be Florida chancellor for K-12

[Lydia Leftcoast]

She was appointed by Jebbie.

Poor, poor Florida. Shall we warn them?

[dflprincess]

1. No!

Florida's loss is our gain. (Okay, I'm selfish, sue me)

[kikiek]

2. Wonderful news. She has to hop from state to state. Gets chased out.

[madeline_con]

3. Time for an expose in the local rag....

It is the view of the committee that Commissioner Yecke has demonstrated both incompetence and malfeasance in her tenure as head of the state's Department of Education.

First the incompetence: In the endless controversy over the state's new social studies standards, Commissioner Yecke has demonstrated an inability to oversee development of these standards in a timely and respectful
manner and to achieve an outcome that broadly satisfies educational professionals, experts, parents, and the general public.
http://educationright.tripod.com/id316.htm

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Unfortunately, Yecke's rise and fall make it even less likely that any of these issues will receive a serious hearing in the years to come. Thus the late, unlamented Commissioner of Education may be gone but her legacy continues to exert its negative influence.
http://www.fifthcolumnmag.com/0604/yecke.htm


BTW, thanks for the warning!!

[CatholicEdHead]

4. Poor Florida

But Jeb should know what he gets. She was nothing but a shrill in the media in the past few months here.

But we got her imported from Virgina I remember.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. She'll fit right in.

Florida state government is the perfect place for an incompetent wingnut.

[loveable liberal]

6. I heard she was running for office in western MN.... Let Florida have her.

She and Bachmann were like two peas in a pod. Maybe she can interest Michelle in moving?

[Demrock6]

7. Yep CD-6

Cheri Yecke had already raised $47,727 according to MPR. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/congress/district6/

Still leaves 4 other republicans going for that seat. 5 if you count Elwyn Tinklenberg "kind of a Dem", and Scott Mortensen as the only true Democrat.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. The NPR story said that she was withdrawing from the race

:-)

[MsAnthropy]

9. HOORAY!

Does this mean I no longer have to be subject to her idiotic opinion articles?

YIPPEEEEEE!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

It must be a family trait to hire only the most incompetent and corrupt person for each job.

[Demrock6]

10. This is far fetched but....

What if Rove decided to tell Jeb who to get as to help clear the way for Bachmann?

Perhaps it is not too far feteched.....

[MsAnthropy]

11. Not far fetched at all

according to KSTP: "Political observers said her departure would probably be a plus for Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, who won't have to compete with Yecke for the votes of social-conservative Republicans."

[CatholicEdHead]

12. Of course

why should the Republican rank and file get to choose, the point is to clear the primary early for the "approved" choice from DC. They cleared the way for Kennedy pretty quickly, I can see them clear the way for Bachmann to reach out to the "opressed" religious people. :rolleyes: